|Bishop Barron
翻译|Carrie

朋友们，今天的福音赞扬百夫长对主耶稣的信任。信任是心怀希望，专心于天主。这意味着把生活扎根于天主、把天主作为生活重心。相反，信任和专注于凡间意味着把生活扎根于尘世、把财富、名誉、权力、声望或享乐作为生活重心。

 

你生活的重心是什么？你的“终极关注点”是什么？这些问题在《圣经》中总是单项选择的。看看《若苏厄书》中，若苏厄直白地问以色列人：“你们事奉上主还是其他的神？”

 

耶稣对门徒说，“不随同我的，就是反对我。” 今天的福音提醒我们要非常诚实清晰地回答这个问题。

 

Friends, today’s Gospel passage acclaims a centurion’s trust in the Lord Jesus. To trust is to have hope, to turn one’s heart to God. It means to root one’s life, to ground and center one’s concerns in God. And, oppositely, to trust and to turn one’s heart to human beings means to root the whole of one’s life, to ground and center one’s concerns, in the things of this world, in wealth, fame, power, honor, or pleasure.

 

What is the center of gravity of your life? What is your "ultimate concern’"? The Bible consistently lays this out as an either/or. Think of the passage in the book of Joshua, when Joshua lays it on the line for the people of Israel: "Do you serve the Lord or some other gods?"

 

Jesus tells his followers, "Either you are with me or you are against me." Today’s Gospel reminds us that we each have to answer this question with great honesty and clarity.